I Fixed Kanto Gym Leaders in Gen 2!

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How I Fixed Kanto's Gym Leaders in Gen 2 Pokemon Crystal
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HOW TO PLAY CRYSTAL LEGACY 1.1:
1) Make sure you are playing on a 64 bit emulator, otherwise you will get a multihit flinch/para glitch!
2) Make sure you apply the updated patch with a CLEAN crystal rom (don't put the patch on legacy)
3) The original Crystal also has versions, and this is tripping people up. Crystal REV 1.0 and 1.1 are two separate versions of the base crystal game. Depending on what version of the game you have, Legacy version 1.1 has versions for you to match Crystal Rev 1.0 and 1.1.
4) You can swap the version 1.1 rom with the 1.0 rom and keep playing the same save file! First, do the patch. Then, simply title the new 1.1 legacy rom the same name as your .sav file and have it replace the 1.0 rom in your Crystal Legacy folder! To reiterate, all you have to do is swap the roms, and your .sav file will keep playing.
5) ALWAYS MAKE A BACKUP .sav FILE IN A SEPARATE SPOT! If you corrupt the .sav file, your run is gone.
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Complete Guide to Crystal Legacy (if something isn't documented, then it hasn't been updated)
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➤ Emulator: mgba.io/downloads.html
Mac Links for Downloading/Playing the Rom:
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➤ Emulator: mgba.io/downloads.html
Android:
➤ NEW 1.1 Patch File: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
➤ How to install GBA emulator on Android: • How to patch a ROM: Ro...
➤ Online IPS Patching Tool: www.marcrobledo.com/RomPatche...
ANDROID USERS PLEASE READ: once you have the emulator set up, you just need to transfer the rom on your PC or Mac to your phone. The easiest way to do this is probably via Google Drive or another cloud service! :)
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[@smithplayspokemon]

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[@TheJunPiece]

Where do you get the romhack

[@TRVPHAUS]

bro nobody plays raid. cringe

[@cmbaz1140]

Hey smith i have been playing crystal legacy and i like to thank you guys... Playing this romhack gave me the same feeling and excitement as when i played pokemon for the first time... the excitement of disccovering all the stuff in the game brings back many good memories ... as someone who has been constantly dissapointed by the pokemon games after gen 3 this really gave me more enjoyement than i imagined... I just recently discovered this channel randomly because of the shorts...generally i will ignore pokemon content since its mostly about new games and pokemon... I really like the romhack and also decided not to watch your videos until i have completed the game first... I have been taking my time playing the game slowly discovering all the changes and i have just gotten myself the second badge... I only watched 3 videos but it was enough to convince me to try the romhack once i completed the game i will come back to watch the rest of the videos... Again ...thank you for this.

[@PokeShadow77]

good god everyone shut the hell up I bet no one here has even donated a single buck to this guy

[@tomoyukisaito5275]

I know you gotta fund your stuff somehow but I would at least hoped to not see one of the most scummiest mobile games out there giving you paychecks

[@itranscendencei7964]

Misty did have a Horsea super early on in the anime, so giving her Kingdra makes perfect sense. Definitely a cool and fitting way to buff her team.

[@DigiRangerScott]

Tentacool and Tentacruel to The Misty Mermaid. Reappears in subsequent visits

[@sventhemaster1]

I still think this should be her team like in the anime references. Politoed Seaking Starmie Golduck Kingdra Gyaradoss

[@samuelcastillo5246]

​@@sventhemaster1he never said this would be an ",anime references ROM hack" if you want that, either do it yourself or get s different ROM.

[@alexpowell1184]

@@samuelcastillo5246 chill out bro it's not that deep

[@peskyspider5103]

The only thing I don't like is that Blaine and Blue both have Arcanine as their Ace and as the final two gym leaders this could feel a bit repetitive.

[@rjante2236]

Blue's ace should be either Artucuno or Gyarados.

[@Aerogod223]

Articuno is his ace. Blue being the chad he is throws people off by leading his ace instead of saving it for last.

[@peskyspider5103]

@@Aerogod223 He said that Arcanine is his ace in the video 15:02

[@TheDramolcan]

All of Blue's pokemon is an ace.

[@RealGateGuardian]

His ace should be Blastoise, his canonical starter as red has a Charmander

[@patonosequecosa]

Im glad you actually made gym leaders feel like gym leaders and not just some random npc's

[@hiei49]

Well, tbf a gym leader should be a cakewalk for the champion and thats why only blue is stronger than Lance. But for a gameplay perspective it makes sense they should be at least slightly above Lance to make a Challenge.

[@jaydenc367]

They always feel like gym leaders though

[@CobaltCruiser]

​@@jaydenc367Look me in the eye and tell me Janine felt like a gym leader

[@massimilianodelrosso5495]

Seeing Surge's Surfing Raichu makes me *really* wish i could teach mine the HM as well in this rom hack. It would be a nice throwback to Stadium imho.

[@smithplayspokemon]

Something we'll probably add down the road!

[@massimilianodelrosso5495]

@@smithplayspokemon That'd be great! Do you plan on adding Kanto TMs as well? There are some gen 1 mons which would enjoy them a lot, like Kabutops with Submission. I feel like they could be an interesting way to fill Kanto with valuable items :D

[@person_guy3505]

​@smithplayspokemon maybe not via hm directly like in later gens, but maybe by a tutor? I think that's how they did it in vc yellow, so it would make sense. Also having tutors for gen 1 tms would make sense as well. I know crystal has a tutoring system from the old man outside the casino, but I don't know of you could expand it this far. I certainly hope so though!

[@massimilianodelrosso5495]

@@person_guy3505 From what i remember, in Yellow the NPC only let you play the minigame if you *already* had a Surfing Pikachu, which was only obtainable through Stadium, while in VC the requirement was unnecessary since you have no way to trade Pikachu with Stadium games, but inside the GBC games there's no way for our beloved mouse to learn the move. That said, having the tutor in the same Fuchsia City house could be interesting, and i also agree with the old TMs even in the form of tutors, to make Kanto more rewarding to esplore.

[@photoo848]

@@smithplayspokemonany chance it can be tutored after completing the pikachu mini-game? Or would hacking that in take it too far from OG Crystal?

[@thesadpirateking]

I wiped only twice while playing a normal play through of this game. Lance and Blane. I went in blind on this and the Zapdos got me with Lance. All the one turn solarbeams got me with Blane. Super fun game. Going to do a Nuzlock next. Thank you for fixing one of my favorite games and really making me feel like I was 9 again.

[@Sorrowisyourdemon]

A fun idea might be adding a tiny bit of dialogue to Surge mentioning the "Storm of war" to tie in with his new rain dance strat. ⛈️

[@Hydraina]

Yes~!!! ⚡⚡⚡

[@SonBlackHeart22]

I like how most of these fights focus on the new things gen 2 introduced in comparison to og gen 2 where they can be taken down in seconds.

[@KevVIII]

I know that this was intentional to create a competitive team for Green, but I recall Pokemon Special (manga) paying omage to Green's setup, where it explains that he specifically caught and grinded his Rhydon to pay tribute to the gym which had predominantly ground-type moves. Since then, it stuck with me as my head-canon, and I am sad to see Green no longer owning any Ground types in his gym fights in your rom T^T

[@CractusJohn]

I just realized that, besides poison, rock is good against everything grass is weak to. Like all four of em. I feel like that’s neat and I should have noticed the connection sooner

[@1stCallipostle]

I made that connection about a month ago when they released a Rock/Grass legendary that greatly increases the consistency of Mono Grass

[@ivanbluecool]

This was a very fun journey to see this game be made eveh better and balanced Would love someone to do this with soul silver/heart gold to see how abilities and special split change stragety. Plus add final evolutions for the pokemon too

[@gaaabriiieeel]

HG/SS Legacy would unironically be my top pokemon game of all time if it was anything like this. Random idea: They could overhaul the following pokemon system, benefiting the player with happiness stats, and additional usable items outside of costume decorations (apricorns/berries + pick-up type items) idk lol.

[@FrankiePhoenix]

I appreciate all the extra challenge. After playing through half of Johto so far, I gotta say it feels like the game is actually complete. The fact that we could also catch every Pokemon has had me motivated to actually try catching em all for the first time in nearly 3 decades. The best part is it's in my favorite generation when it comes to sound and graphics.

[@holschermarc]

Blaine being so strong is actually in line with the Manga Canon were he was not only the Partner of Mewtwo but also a deciding factor in the war against the elite Four. He was the one fighting Lance to a standstill until Giovanni could appear and finish him (we dont really count Yellow here because he literally just toyed around with her). Blaine was an incredibly strong Trainer who had a deep bond with Mewtwo since both share the same DNA and a psychic link throught that. So this is an appropirate Power level for him

[@Count_Vampz]

The only thing I would like to suggest is that I feel Blue should have a kanto starter as his ace. Something like its strong against your own starter. I know it would take more effort to code and maybe even be consistent but i think it would be cool

[@gaaabriiieeel]

Crystal legacy is probably the most definitive Gen 2 experience any old-school pokemon fan could hope for I never thought I'd be so invested in a rom-hack but I plan on catching em all fr. Got it loaded on my 3ds!

[@Eric-gp3hi]

How did you get Pokemon Crystal Legacy loaded on your 3DS?

[@chevronm.1019]

also wondering how to play on 3ds lol

[@_aerity_]

Seeing all you videos about Crystal Legacy and playing it makes me wish we had a Crystal Legacy built with HGSS since they also suffer from many of the problems you're fixing

[@yaduvarma9854]

Yeah... Please let me know if there is a good HGSS remake that's true to Johto like this one..

[@ethan6483]

I always thought it’d be cool to have a set route to follow in gen 2 kanto. Start with surge, then you have to go to pewter via diglett cave, face Brock, work your way down to cinnabar to fight Blaine, go through seafoam islands to fight Janine, follow the east route up to lavender then through rock tunnel to fight Misty, go underground to celadon to fight Erika, then unlock saffron to fight Sabrina, then unlock the blue fight in viridian.

[@Dyl_MTG]

PAT you dont have to excuse your ad read. Youre making a cool ROM and that deserves a bag. Maybe one day we'll get the third 3 mil sub special on this channel

[@agcoluccio]

I used Kingdra in my playthrough, and it was my clear ace from Clare to Red. Had never used it before either and it was a ton of fun! Looking forward to the Kanto rematches

[@tappwaterstudios429]

Misty should’ve had a Politoed. She had one in the anime and it doesn’t seem like any trainers are using one in your hack

[@rocketterrier]

Hearing that Electrode is the fastest Pokemon in Gen 2 threw me for a loop and I had to look it up. Which lead to me looking at the top Pokemon for every stat in Gen 2. Shuckle has the highest defense AND special defense in this generation :3!

[@MaskedPlayer514]

Shuckle has the highest defense and special defense period, mega steelix and aggron tie its defense but those are gone and have way less special defense, eternamax eternatus also has more defense but its not obtainable.

[@rocketterrier]

@@MaskedPlayer514 That's super cool :D I've been a Pokemon fan since 2005 but I've never really payed much attention to stats :'3

[@MaskedPlayer514]

@@rocketterrier Other things you might find cool is that the only stats that have had a new holder for highest stats since gen 3 are the attacks held by both mega mewtwos and if we ignore megas the only stat that has changed highest holder since gen 3 is attack as kartana beats deoxys attack by a whole... 1 point

[@Prisoner-gk6lr]

Only lament is that Espeon went out of Sabrians Team since that cat has become something of her second signature pokemon next to Alakazam.

[@zidaryn]

Looks amazing and terrifying. I'm looking forward to it. My only complaint is that Blue didn't get an Eeveelution. In the anime he has an Eevee with him for a good bit, so I wanted to see that.

[@Kekistani_Insurgent]

Im so happy to see how far this project has come and how much effort and thought you’ve put into it ❤

[@EffinAssNinja]

I finished the elite four yesterday and I'm just in Kanto right now grinding some of the random npcs to get my team to the same levels that surge has. Great Rom hack thanks !

[@ivanbluecool]

Can't wait for the super secret oak ultra challenge after fighting red Joke aside but that would be funny. Yeah the gyn leaders in kanto were ok but should have been stronger as post Champion it should be hard

[@Audon4150]

YES ! Yes to that !

[@ChiNOo2211]

Yo patrick just wanna say thank you from the bottom of my heart been watching you since the bo2 days and im currently playing through legacy and i dont want any spoilers so i havnt been watching your nuzlockes but youre a fuckin legend man this has made me so damn happy and you done gen 2 justice ❤ thank you again and keep it up bro i miss the zombies shit but this is also such a joy to watch and just as good its nice to see you doing something youre really passionate about again long live crystal

[@rjd-kh8et]

You should add this to the Fixing Pokémon Crystal Series playlist.

[@ekwfan6]

I had never even attempted to play a rom hack until Crystal Legacy. Thank you very much not only for improving a great game, but opening up the world of rom hacks for me.

[@Aceius]

I really like these changes, kinda reminds me of the design philosophy that Drayano uses in their hacks

[@funisinfinite6171]

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[@PokeDasher2.2]

0:47 Bro knew what he was doing💀

[@The_One_In_Black]

Weather is so tied to the Gen 3 legends that it always surprises me to be reminded that it was introduced in Gen 2.

[@sleepychickadee4087]

Just started the rom hack last night. It’s so good!!!

[@TheOneAndOnlyFroBoy]

Feels weird to have two Trainers in a row have Arcanine as their ace, but hey that's just how it is

[@gabsprado121212]

I finished my final battle with Red last night, and now i come here to thank you for this Romhack. I tried to revisit Pokemon Crystal in the Virtual Console, but didn't bother to finish it as soon as i began the unbalanced gym trio (Chuck, Jasmine and Brycen), i realized it hasn't aged well and decided to keep the memories of how i remembered it was when i was just a kid. A couple years later i ended up on one of your videos and got to know about the rom hack and decided to wait and see what you were cooking. As time passed, more eager to play i became until finally got to play it on my 3DS. Loved every bit of it, my inner child cried of the easily available pokemon, being able to rock Scizor, Primeape and Aerodactyl on my team was a joy, and on my next playthrough i'll definitely be carrying Gengar, Golem, Steelix, Ledian and more with me. The story fixes are also great and felt very official (i have a problem with romhacks because of how fanfiction they fell, i know that's the point, but i want to feel i'm playing the canon version), the level scalling were smooth, albeit a little challenging on some parts (fuck you Misty). The only problem i had with Legacy Crystal was that the Kanto badge counter was kinda off (the first 3 gym leaders i beat were Surge, Sabrina and Misty, but the game registered badges for Surge, Misty and Janine) and the "your mom" joke. But those are mere details that don't deter the masterpiece you created!

[@Eric-gp3hi]

How did you get to play Pokémon Crystal Legacy on the Virtual Console on the 3DS?

[@gabsprado121212]

@@Eric-gp3hi the virtual console version i bought It on the eshop, back in 2019 iirc. But the Crystal Legacy one i just downloaded a GBC rom at Vimm's Lair and used New Super Injector to apply the romhack changes and convert it to a .cia file so i can run It on my 3ds (yes, a modded one)

[@XyrnaTheTrainer]

A much needed fix to these gym leaders. THANK YOU 🙌

[@crazykip143]

To follow the other weather teams you’ve set up, Brock feels like a great place to highlight the potential power of Sandstorm

[@crashnburn1987]

Well done sir! This is exactly the level of difficulty I wished the original Crystal version had.

[@TheZackofSpades]

I don’t know how you’d “fix” it lore-wise but man it always bummed me out that poor Blaine lost his home to a volcano😢. He’s so sad and still agrees to battle you but…he’s just an old man all alone. Him having Moltres makes it a little less depressing but…give my man a future😅

[@dyaha5571]

I really like decision to make Surge a rain user, but in battle against my heracross he decided to use thunder, it missed and heracross can one-shoted Surge's whole team with megahorn and cross chop

[@Dorlan2001]

Well he's being called Civilian Surge on Gen 1 for a reason. He has a viable team now but come on, dude's always crap. 😂

[@jonathantonner4263]

8:56 cant believe you added the fairy type (/j)

[@genevievemeuniere4047]

Suuper happy with these updates! Good work!

[@Thori45]

Was really waiting for this vid

[@thereaIitsybitsyspider]

Arcanine shouldn't be the ace for both Blaine and Blue. I'd probably just adjust and make Moltres Blaine's. Still feels repetitive though

[@manuelcheeser8935]

Great work!

[@ZachLane89]

Hey Smith. I think there is a massive issue with this hack in Silver’s team. I understand wanting to make him stronger, but removing his Sneasel takes out a super cool piece of environmental story-telling in the Johto games. Silver steals the Sneasel from the NPC that asks you to watch his Shuckle, as he’s fearful Silver will come back to steal that too. I think removing this is against the vision of the hack and borders closer on a difficulty hack, which is not what you intended. Thanks for taking the time to read this! I

[@SpiralDownward]

When you fight him on Victory Road, he mentions having a change of heart in terms of his pokemon. Maybe a middle ground could be having the Sneasel in the fight after he steals it, but not having it in the Victory Road battle, implying he gave it back?

[@ZachLane89]

@@SpiralDownward this isnt really a great explination though when he never uses the sneasel at all in the romhack

[@smithplayspokemon]

Thanks for the feedback!!

[@gjnmwg1]

Really enjoying this series. Good work with everything. Any thoughts on Surge getting a Jolteon with hidden power ice? Maybe give lantern rain dance and drop electrode for this? Or Brock having Macargo for some fire vs grass types? Steelix makes sense, because he had an onix, but it also looses rock typing, which seemed odd for the rock theming. Steelix is also associated with the steel gym.

[@MicoDossun]

It always bothered me that there was no Ground type representative in the Gen 2 gyms and now you’ve removed Blue’s only Ground type

[@alexthoman96]

Misty now has a Quagsire(water/ground). Brock's Graveler and Onix have evolved into Golem(rock/ground) and Steelix(steel/ground) respectively

[@MicoDossun]

@@alexthoman96 not really what I’m saying. With the way this game works the point is that between Kanto and Johto there’s a specialist for each type except Dark. It’s cool that Blue gets to get a gym leader but I never liked that it came at the cost of replacing Giovanni’s Ground type specialty for a trainer that’s just well rounded

[@alexthoman96]

@MicoDossun I apologize. I understand what you mean then. Blue is the successor to Giovanni. That bothered me, too. I don't know why it took so long to have a dark type gym leader. Sorry for the misunderstanding of your comment

[@MicoDossun]

@@alexthoman96 all good, no anger here. We’re all just here to talk about Pokémon

[@mjc0961]

@@alexthoman96 The entire Geodude line is rock/ground, and Onix is also rock/ground. Your comment makes absolutely no sense.

[@samszotkowski]

1:29 technically ampharos is "featured" in the lighthouse quest for Jasmine in olivine, but I always found it strange you couldn't battle or catch it after curing it. But I guess it makes sense lore wise that you shouldn't remove the beacon from the light house...

[@nataliecoronado4206]

It feels a little weird that both Blaine and Blue have Arcanine as their ace. While it makes sense Blue has all three of his team balancers from Red and Blue, and it makes sense Blaine keeps his ace from those games as well, the repetition feels a little... lazy? Blaine's team is fine the way it is (tho I'm a little sad he lost his Magcargo), the only thing that would need to change is the order. Swapping Arcanine and Moltres should be simple enough, since it still lets him use his old ace late into the fight.

[@addambarcelos]

That moment when Janine can actually be a challenge. Hoo boy! Also everyone out there, read description

[@GhotiBone]

Sabrina's Wobbuffet was an absolute menace.

[@BrinkofMattness]

Would we be looking at Kanto and Johto leaders rematches too is that a possibility? Just food for thought because this is awesome.

[@MagusAgrippa8]

I do think it's slightly awkward for the immersion for the Kanto Gym Leaders to just be easily stronger than Lance. That implies that Lance was holding back, or that any of the Kanto leaders could just kick his ass.

[@ms-vq1os]

It actually made sense that the Kanto Gym Leaders were only around the level of the Elite 4. That said, the changes were interesting

[@MagusAgrippa8]

@@ms-vq1os yeah, I have no issues with the gym leaders' respective 'full power' teams to be elite four level. It's just for the Kanto leaders to be stronger than Lance is kinda funny. Lance should be better than every gym leader, Kanto or Johto. But then that leads to Kanto being way underleveled, so maybe it does make sense for them to be a bit stronger, but eh. The changes overall are very neat though.

[@rightasreine]

feels weird having two gyms w arcanine aces, let alone in a row & at the end of the game

[@Vulcanfaux]

The end game we always wanted. Or atleast that I always wanted.

[@Aerogod223]

Goated video as always.

[@DoesntMatterTheAt]

Wouldnt it be awesome if we could take all these changes and see it played out on pokemon stadium 2? A man can dream

[@frankbingham53]

I can see you dude as the fire type gym leader love this video too.

[@ItsFireTiger]

What would've made the weather teams better would be use the Renegade Platinum strat and make it permanent inside the gym so you're not stuck with a turn to set it up. But Erika can keep Sunny Day as a move cause yeah it'd be too easy to sweep her. Also that would all Ninetails to have Extresensory which will allow it to deal with threats such as Machamp or Heracross. And Dragon Breath on Kingdra would help Misty cause she could paralyze your team.

[@nstar674]

Had a lot of fun beating this hack, had a final team of Meganium, Scizor, Arcanine, Kingdra, Sneasel, and Aerodactyl. Somehow I lucked into beating Red first try with this team.

[@Voltorb1993]

I love those menu sprites. Is there a picture of all of them?

[@hiei49]

I think you should give wobbufeet mean look even tho it doesnt learn it normally. Switch stalling a wobufeet that doesnt trap you is a free way to kill it

[@0megaWarrior]

If you think about it, their levels made sense from an in universe standpoint. They're not supposed to be stronger than Lance, they're gym leaders, not the champion of the region. However, from a gameplay standpoint it doesn't make sense since they all essentially come after the "boss." It really ruins the flow.

[@KINFIN123]

So question. Something that I and others like to do is do the kanto gyms in classic order. What sort of feel would that provide?

[@RyanNash20]

Pryce 5 was my only gym wipe in johto, but Misty absolutely wiped the floor with me like 5 times before I decided to save her for last before blue. Blaine got my a** first try as well. Really enjoyed Kanto and was surprised by the actual challenge. My team had no electric type and relied on meganium and thunderpunch Zam to cover most water encounters, and Misty just kept overwhelming me. I actually cheesed this fight a little bit (in my eyes anyway) by catching zapdos and bringing it to help me get over the hump.

[@kildawg]

Let's make the cheeky Blue even cheekier by him requiring not only the defeat of the other 7 Kanto leaders but also completing the Johto rematches and the potential Giovanni fight. Then his entire team is level 69 instead of half.

[@HarmonicDX]

Can we get the chance to rebattle them? I guess that would mean Blaine & Blue would need another addition to their teams for the rebattle but

[@HarmonicDX]

Blue would find it easy to replace Articuno though, as he could just bring his Pidgeot or Rhydon back.

[@is1spang478]

Great job

[@TylerDean1379]

Can you pleasseeeeeee add a fight with professor Oak like intended in Gen 1? Maybe even make one for Elm too! How amazing would that be? I'm also still rooting for the building in Vermilion city to be completed in this hack to make it feel like Gen 2 in Kanto! It's about time that old man and his Machop finish that building!

[@iSkully99]

I don’t know why people are complaining about the levels of these gym leaders being above lance’s when iirc the mainline pokemon series have instances of this as well. Also really like how most of the kanto gym leaders use more advanced late game strategies now that wouldn’t work as well early game such as weather.

[@555tork]

I remember the first time that I ran into Misty playing Pokemon Gold for the first time and not knowing that Quagsire was immune to electric types, love that as a surprise trick for people back then.

[@nicolocarimati7709]

It would be cool if you could battle against Lorelei and Agatha, maybe hidden somewhere in Kanto, and when defeated give you some rare item or TM

[@Submissive-Soul]

you have organized the kanto gyms into the first KANTONIAN EMPIRE

[@OfficialKrafty]

HE AT IT AGAIN

[@SkylerLinux]

Lance's lead Electrode will know "Rain bounce"

[@CractusJohn]

I love how much you love Blaine’s team. That being said, three of his pokemon have fire blast, sunny day, and solar beam. Maybe it works better in combat? But also why do none have flamethrower or something?

[@massimilianodelrosso5495]

Fire Blast is stronger and not too unreliable at 85% accuracy, so i guess he just went for power, especially given the 5 PP boost all the 120 BP moves received. As for Solar Beam, Grass beats Ground, Rock, and Water, so it's one the best complements for a Fire mon under sun.

[@Cr3zant]

He's running a sun team pre-drought and abilities, he needs multiple sunny days to maintain the weather for consistency, solar beam is objectively the best coverage move for a fire based team in a sun team, and fire blast is just better than flamethrower for any mon that can learn both.

[@CractusJohn]

yeah fair enough

[@massimilianodelrosso5495]

@@Cr3zant This makes me think that a couple of interesting items Smith could add in future version to make some strategies more viable without changing Crystal at its core could probably be the Heat and Damp rocks.

[@shubhammanchekar972]

Thankyou for this rom 💙, you should have given Misty a Seadra instead of Critdra mahn 🎉🎉😂

[@michaelsamuelson2025]

I would have adjusted Blaine to have a Magcargo instead of ninetails. Since no other person showcases it and it is a new addition from johto.

[@reillywalker195]

The problem with Magcargo apart from it being very slow is that it's also very weak to Water and Ground. Magcargo would better serve the various firebreathers in Johto and Kanto than it would Blaine.

[@BluemoonLacrymosa]

I definitely like these buffs. It always was a let down that the Kanto leaders were under leveled and barely a challenge to the battles before them.

[@lachlangaedtke]

Just wondering if there’s documentation available listing all changes ? Includes teams of team leaders and elite 4 :) handy for when I attempt to nuzlocke this

[@Semystic]

There is.

[@SKysofRain]

It made perfect sense that the levels were lower they should have maintained the older level caps from the old games to make better sense. They are gym leaders there to test trainers strengths. So either regionally they are there to test the level they preceive a trainer should be at, at that ln the journey Or they could be more dynamic like they showed Brock have the potential for the the Pokémon generations shorts (I believe it was) where they would choose their Pokémon based on the badges and communicated strengths of the player to be an appropriate level challenge. The first option can be interesting if the trainer is forced to basically start over with gen 1 starter of some kind potentially requiring a level cap check at gyms of sorts and play through that region but would basically be an odd stale remake of gen 1 with little to offer right after you just beat a whole region The second one has been a gripe for years that people wish they would implement and isn't something you'd be interested in doing as it deviates far to much for your goal.

[@excalliburb9084]

Hey man! Wonderful job, already played and loved it. Is it possible to do the same on heartgold soulsilver?

[@ethennicholson5073]

Just finished the Post Game. As my first experience with Crystal, I rather enjoyed it. My team ended up being Feraligatr. Aerodactyl, Tyranitar, Ampharos, Scizor, and Hitmontop

[@mundodacrianca2147]

Fun fact: The reason raid shadow legends is sponsored so much is because it's a pay-to-win game, allowing extra money to get on youtuber's pockets and raising the incentive to do it again in the future, after all their brains think like oh, it's not morally right, but it's fr33 m0ney

[@tomongvue6934]

You gave Erika's victribil swords dance but sludge bomb and giga drain are special. I assume tour keeping poison as physical?

[@c.2518]

Bring back blue’s pigeot. That was his ace

[@MrDuckphart]

With these Kanto changes Crystal Legacy is even more goated

[@zentorgamer]

Tyranitar and Arcanine with curse. By god, YOU ARE A MONSTER. I like it :)

[@incrediblemarv]

I have a question regarding horseas: do wild horseas still have a chance to yield dragon scales? I'm trying to steal one off of a horsea but haven't gotten lucky whatsoever.

[@xander50746]

Is there any recommendations for training before gym 8 is crystal legacy?

[@gagewyant7886]

Have these changes been added to the current version or will there be an update ?

[@armorbearer9702]

Great video! I have a gameplan that can potentially make Brock a bigger headache for players Brock should lead with either Omastar or Kabutops. They each have one move swapped for Icy Wind. If they cannot KO the enemy Pokemon, they can use Icy Wind to slow the opponent Pokemon. Golem comes in and explodes on the opponent. This will likely kill the main special attack counter on the player team. Aerodactyl bursts in and applies intense offensive pressure. Hopefully, Aerodactyl does enough damage to score a KO or two before going down. Next, Omastar or Kabutops comes and uses Icy Wind again. When they are KO'd, Tyranitar comes in. Tyranitar drops either Cruch or Thunderbolt for Headbutt. Tyranitar takes advantage of the lower opponent speed to land Headbutt or Rock Slide before the player attacks. Hopefully, Tyranitar can get a few flinches in so that he can power up using Curse or simply flinch the opponent into submission. Finally, the mighty Steelix come in. Steelix swaps out Rock Slide for Swagger. I know this is risky, but the reward is worth it. Special attackers are hurt by the increase in attack because the damage from attacking itself will increase. Strong physical attackers can potentially do severe damage to themselves. If they do manage to land an attack, Steelix has enough defense to survive the hit. Hopefully, the confusion buys enough time for Steelix to curse up and mop up the remaining Pokémon on the player's team.

[@jackashmore]

Just finished up the Kanto gyms only using kanto Pokémon and my starter…Sabrina was by far the most difficult

[@88anarahammertime]

Would you consider adding later gen evolutions for gen 2 pokes? Such as Weavile for Sneasel, etc

[@VerryLongName]

Would you consider adding hidden power to some boss trainers’ Pokémon or do you think that would make the game more difficult than you’d like?

[@1stCallipostle]

I feel like HP isn't supposed to be something you choose/predict in universe A bunch of them just happening to have the right HP type for their purposes imo would feel cheap as hell

[@kbowman772]

I could have sworn this was uploaded before

[@richardhessel]

Are you going to do anything with the kanto trainers? Pokemon catch locations and lack of people in the towns? Kanto always felt like ghost town after ghost town in gen 2

[@eduardobranco8349]

Cant thank you enough for this hack. Im a stadium 2 child, so gen 2 is my favorite gen. But I never enjoyed nuzlocking gsc. This hack is awesome